New industry group to ensure construction sector ready to meet building challenges after Grenfell Tower
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New industry group to ensure construction sector ready to meet building challenges after Grenfell Tower
Build UK and the CPA have been asked by the Department for Communities and Local Government to join an ‘Industry Response Group’ alongside the Construction Industry Council to help “mobilise and co-ordinate the construction industry’s response to the challenges arising from the Grenfell Tower fire”. SPRA members can inform this group. The group will initially focus on work that will:
• Provide essential advice on possible solutions for use in particular types of buildings to ensure homes, offices and public buildings are safe in light of recommendation from the Independent Expert Advisory Panel on Building Safety
• Provide advice on better ways of building and the latest methods of construction, and ensure access to the necessary technical expertise in industry when required
• Help mobilise industry for a major programme of construction work across the UK, by acting as a focal point for government-industry communications
• Advise Government on the construction market in relevant sub-sectors including the expertise of the sector to deliver at pace.
This Group has now met twice with the Government and will be meeting on a weekly basis; further details of the Government’s asks can be found in the attached letter. We have been asked to coordinate and formulate answers and solutions across a wide range of key issues, and to act as a focal point for government-industry communications. With this in mind, we will be working with Build UK and CIC to coordinate any joint responses and help avoid any duplication of efforts.
SPRA members are invited to share comments with CPA for consideration by this group. Please contact Diana Montgomery, Jeff May or Peter Caplehorn.
The group will include representatives from three major industry bodies in the UK who will lead and coordinate contributions from across the sector:
· Construction Products Association – the UK’s manufacturers and distributors of construction products and materials.
· Build UK – the leading representative organisation for the construction industry
· Construction Industry Council – the representative forum for the professional bodies, research organisations and specialist business associations for professional services providers in the construction industry
Source: CPA
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